ConnectYard provides a completely FERPA compliant, engagement platform that ensures EQUAL ACCESS for all of your learners by allowing for anytime, anywhere communication and collaboration across a variety of social and mobile technologies, including WhatsApp (delivery and read receipts), Twitter DM, Facebook, SMS (no data plan required), MMS (rich text, picture and video messaging) and Voice (text-to-speech, speech-to-text) using Amazon Poly (Alexa in 29 languages). Our solutions can help you and your institution communicate more effectively in three different areas; Remote Learning, Student Services, and Pandemic Alerts. The ConnectYard platform also seamlessly integrates with existing learning systems (Google Classroom, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Edmodo, Moodle, Sakai, Canvas, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace) and portal solutions, allowing all of your constituents to communicate using their technology of choice, including phones with only basic celluar service and no data plan. This enables your institution to meet Federal requirements for supporting remote learners with disabilities as well as more effectively engage with English language learners and students of poverty that often do not have EQUAL ACCESS to broadband and other smart devices; thereby decreasing absenteeism. 

Our seamless notification integrations with popular platforms help you to increase engagement and decrease absenteeism for remote learners: 

Google Classroom - increase student engagment, measure teacher effectiveness and improve parent involvement!

Zoom - send meeting invites and reminders via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!

Microsoft Teams - send reminders and questions via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!

Edmodo - send notifications about upcoming events, direct posts and new replies via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!

Moodle - send announcements, discussions, quiz and assignment reminders and gradebook updates via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!

Sakai - send announcements, discussions, assessment and assignment reminders and course materials via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!

Canvas - send announcements, discussions, due dates, appointment sign-up and cancellations and grading via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!

Blackboard - send announcements, discussion threads and gradebook updates via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!

D2L Brightspace - send news, discussions, quiz reminders, course content, and grade updates via SMS, Voice and Social Media, and know once they've been received!